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A new exhibition at the Freud Museum London and accompanying digital archive bring rarely seen antiquities from Sigmund Freud's extensive collection into dialogue with his key theories, co-curated by UCL Professor Miriam Leonard.

Dr Christos Bechlivanidis (Psychology & Language Sciences), with colleagues, writes in The Conversation that presumptions that misinformation leads to bad behaviour isn't empirically supported, and the real relationship between beliefs and behaviour is more complex. "So far as the influence of the newspaper upon the mind and morals of the people is concerned, there can be no rational doubt that the telegraph has caused vast injury." So said the The New York Times in 1858, when the transatlantic cable linking North America and Europe was completed.

We are working hard to make our buildings better, to make it easier to get information and to create an inclusive environment where everyone can use the services we offer on campus.

Quantum Motion, a quantum computing spinout led by researchers from UCL and Oxford University, has raised more than £42 million from investors to help develop silicon quantum processors from the laboratory to industrial applications.

Once a rape case reaches court, juries in England and Wales are more likely to convict than acquit a defendant, and this has been the case for at least 15 years, according to a large-scale analysis of all jury verdicts by UCL's Professor Cheryl Thomas. The paper also found that the jury conviction rate for rape is increasing alongside an increase in jury verdicts in rape cases.

We welcome the news that all strike action planned for the next two weeks by our union partners has been paused following constructive negotiations on both pay and pensions.

Dr James Price and Dr Steve Pye (both UCL Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources) warn in The Conversation that as numerous countries rely on coal for power, oil and gas need to be phased out quickly to keep carbon emissions below catastrophic climate change levels.

UCL VPEE Student Journalism Scheme student Caroline Coyer (MFA Creative Documentary by Practice), visits UCL's Institute of Cardiovascular Science to explore their amazing new virtual reality technology Visiting UCL's Institute of Cardiovascular Science is a day of firsts for me.

Decarbonisation and technology minister Jesse Norman toured UCL's PEARL facility this week, as the laboratory hosted a roundtable with key stakeholder groups discussing e-scooters.

Professor Ilan Kelman (UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction) describes in The Conversation how warring countries can put aside their differences to save lives when a disaster, like the recent Turkey-Syria earthquake, strikes a region beset by conflict.

Find information and quick contacts below for how to get help in an emergency situation, how to report crimes, what support you can access and some general guidance on staying safe during your time as a student.

Male school inspectors are more likely to award higher Ofsted grades than female inspectors when inspecting similar primary schools, according to new research by UCL and the University of Southampton. Released today as an academic working paper, the study examines the Ofsted grades awarded by 1,376 different inspectors across 35,751 school inspections conducted between 2012 and 2019.

Nearly half (45%) of all young people who reported having long COVID felt they had fallen behind their classmates due to the pandemic - with almost three in five (59%) saying that they had not caught up with lost learning - according to new research involving UCL. L ed jointly by the UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO), the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS), and the Sutton Trust, the COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities (COSMO) study is the largest study examining the impacts of the pandemic on young people.

Almost three quarters of UK parents would support a chickenpox vaccine being added to the childhood vaccination schedule, finds new research led by UCL and Keele University. The research team, led by Professor Helen Bedford (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) and Dr Sue Sherman (Keele University), surveyed nearly 600 parents on their attitudes towards a varicella (chickenpox) vaccine, including whether it should be routinely offered to all children, and whether they would be likely to accept it for their child.

The national University and College Union (UCU) has announced plans for nationwide industrial action between February and March 2023, including strike and action short of strike (descriptions below), which may affect your studies.

Next week will see workers from a number of different industries going on strike, which may affect your work.

Undertaking between six to seven minutes of moderate or vigorous physical activity (MVPA) every day could improve cognitive performance, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The research, published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, found that more intense exercise is better for working memory and mental processes, such as planning and organisation.

This week will see workers from a number of different industries going on strike, which may affect your work.